Knockdown inclosure for motor-compressors.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

W. H. NIGHTINGALE. KNOGKDOWN INOLOSURE FOR MOTOR GOMPRESSORS.

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PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

W. H. NIGHTINGALE. KNOGKDOWN INCLOSURE FOR MOTOR GOMPRESSORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 1903. RENEWED FEB. 11, 1904.

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HMUR Patented September 6, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. NIGHTINGALE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNOR TO JOHN E. REYBURN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVAN IA.

KNOCKDOWN INCLOSURE FOR MOTOR -COIVIPRESSORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,563, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed May 15, 1903. Renewed February 11, 1904. Serial No. 193,193. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM H. NIGHTIN- GALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Inclosures for Motor-Compressors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for inclosing and supporting motor-compressors for cars in connection with air-brakes. It is arranged and constructed to be taken apart for transportation in a compact space and when erected and attached to the car to afford means to readily insert the machine therein through its lower side or bottom and to withdraw it in the same easy manner. At each vertical side the inclosure is provided with apertures having removable panels to enable the examination of the machine when in place from every side. The means employed to accomplish the desired ends are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters indicate similar parts, and in which Figure 1 is an exterior view. Fig. 2 is a section on line a :r, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a skeleton view showing the vertical supports, the attachment of the casing-top thereto, and the bottom angles, some parts being broken away to make more clear. Fig. -it is a view of the bottom when removed from the inclosure.

At each corner are supports 1 2 4, formed of rolled angle-iron, or they may be of cast metal similarly formed. One leg of each support at its upper end is turned outward to form feet 5 6 T 8, through which are holes 9 for bolts which secure the supports to the car. The other leg of the angle-iron at its top is turned in at a point lower than the lirst leg to form supports 10 11 12 13 for the top of the inclosure. On feet 10 11 a bar 14: is placed and secured by bolts 15, and on feet 12 13 a similar bar 16 is secured in like manner, and to the bars the top boards 17 are secured, the bars and boards being secured to each other to form the top of the inclosure and attached and removed together. At the lower inner ends of supports 1 2 an angleiron 18 is secured by bolts 19, and within the lower inner ends of supports 3 1 there is an angle-iron 20 similarly secured. Connecting and secured to angle-irons 18 20 are boards 21, forming a separable bottom portion for the inclosure. It will be seen that the top and bottom can when removed be placed in a small space for shipment, and supports 1 2 3 4: when detached will pack into small space. To the bottom, as seen in Fig. 4, the motorcompressor will be secured, so that the machine and the attached floor will be placed within or removed from the inclosure by vertical movement, and only bolts 19 will have to be inserted or removed, as the case may be. Vhcn the Weight of the machine and the attached floor are excessive, an eyebolt or hook may be attached at the top of the inclosure, and a similar device may be attached to the machine, so that means may be employed to elevate or lower the machine by power. Heretofore inclosures have been so constructed that the machine had to he slid into the inclosure through one of its vertical sides. This is very unhandy and troublesome on account of surrounding trussrods, piping, brake-rods, &c., and the lack of head-room in which to work.

Exterior to supports 1 2 3 4 are the vertical walls of the inclosure, comprising on each side vertical pieces 22, which are removably attached to the supports, and horizontal pieces 23, attached to pieces 22, forming frameworks which lie flat for shipment and have an opening 24:, through which the machine can be inspected from every side. Openings 2& are closed by panels formed by vertical pieces 25 and horizontal pieces 26, to which is secured a thin metallic plate 27, forminga light panel for handling. The pieces 25 26 are bevel-edged to snugly fit into bevel edges 28 of pieces 22 23, so that when placed in position the case will be dust-proof, the panels being secured by bolts 29.

I claim 1. In a knockdown inclosure for a motorcompressor, means to secure its upper part to a car, its vertical sides so inclosed as to afford access therethrough for the inspection of the inclosed machine, its bottom part detachably secured, the whole being constructed and arranged in manner for separation for compact space for shipment.

2. In a knockdown inclosure, corner-supports of angular cross-section, means for their attachment to a car, a top removably attached to the supports, a bottom removably attached to the supports, and sides also removably attached to the case, having openings to its interior with means for their closure.

3. In a knockdown inclosure, vertically-disposed corner-supports provided at their upper ends with means for their attachment to and suspension from a structure such as a car, means on the supports for the attachment of an inclosing top, sides for the inclosure removably attached to the supports, inspectionapertures through the sides and covers therefor, and a separable bottom for the inclosure adapted to be inserted and removed independent of the other parts and independent means for its attachment to the corner-supports.

4. In a knockdown inclosure, corner members having means for the attachment and sup- WILLIAM H. NIGHIINGALE.

Witnesses:

RANsoM G. WRIGHT, WILLIAM C. SToEvER. 

